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Ember A prequel to Firelight Darkest London eBook Kristen Callihan

Download As PDF : Ember A prequel to Firelight Darkest London eBook Kristen Callihan

Ember A prequel to Firelight Darkest London eBook Kristen Callihan

If you are at all interested in reading Firelight I wouldn't suggest reading Ember first. Even though it is touted as a prequel, Ember reads for the most part like deleted scenes - you know the kind of scenes a good author writes to develop a character's back story, but then religates to the cutting room floor in order to make their finished work stronger. This is especially true for Miranda's part in Ember, her parts just flesh out things that are mentioned in passing for Miranda in Firelight.

While this isn't as much the case for the Archer bits in Ember, there are just too many hints about Archer's condition and his past that would spoil the tantalizing mystery that surrounds him in Firelight. The dream scene between the pair too would also take away from the development of the relationship in Firelight, here it was heavy handed unlike the excellent build up of the sensual tension between them in the full length book. Most of all, the deleted scenes feel of Embers doesn't give the reader a good sense of Callihan's writing in the longer book, and it would be a shame if readers missed reading the excellent Firelight thinking that Ember was a fair representation of what to expect from Callihan.

If you've already read Firelight? Ember is fine. I'll be the first to admit that it was hard to leave Miranda and Archer behind after finishing Firelight, so if you are looking for just a bit more of them (separately) it's worth a look. But really Ember just doesn't 'add' that much more since the power of Firelight was the two of them, Miranda and Archer together, slowly letting their 'masks' slip.


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Ember A prequel to Firelight Darkest London eBook Kristen Callihan Reviews

I got an advanced reading copy of this story to review through NetGalley(dot)com. This was an excellent prequel to Firelight and I really enjoyed it. If you read Firelight and liked it I highly recommend reading this, as it gives some good background on Miranda and Archer. If you haven't read Firelight this is a good shorter sample of Callihan's work that you can read to see if you want to read Firelight.

This book explains in more detail how Miranda's family lost their fortune and the life Miranda lived after that happened but before she was sent off to Lord Archer. It also explains some of the questing that Lord Archer did in far off lands to try and cure his condition.

Firelight has got to be one of the most wonderful fantasy romances I have ever read. Miranda and Archer have such wonderful chemistry together. You see a little of that in this story. Although this story is more just filling in some of the background we missed out on in Firelight.

This was well-written and had excellent description. On top of that Callihan is excellent at making believable and engaging characters that you can't help but love. Even in this short story we meet some new characters and they are enjoyable to read about and meet.

Overall this is definitely a worthwhile read if you have readFirelight (Darkest London), it is also a worthwhile introduction to Callihan's writing style. I can't wait to see what she comes up with for Moonglow (Darkest London) the second Darkest London book.
I am in agreement with the other reviews that suggest either skipping this one or reading Firelight first. Because this one fell flat in so many ways, while Firelight is a wonderful story to read (I gave it Five stars! Go pick it up, people!) (and as selling this as a prequel so that they read that one first could potentially put readers off from sadly picking up Firelight).

While I adore the characters of Miranda and Archer, this prequel felt rather unneeded and lacking the romantic tension/thrill of Firelight. Archer's travels through Asia, South America, and North America seemed a bore with him just going through the paces. Even the erotic dreams of Miranda just didn't thrill me since that's precisely what they were - just dreams and not the characters actually interacting.

Miranda's chapters were a bit more pertinent since we finally got to see her relationship with Martin, her childhood friend and first love. Though it seemed rather out of character for a person to have known her for her entire life and had been her best friend through everything to dump the poor girl at the altar (even with the reasons he had, it still seemed way too harsh for his character to do such a cruel act). And it also answered the question of how she came to have a working relationship with the thief Billy (who really is a fun character).

What I was really hoping for in this prequel was more of Miranda with her sisters. We really haven't seem them interact much together, except in Winterblaze and just a scene or two in the other books. Or even a scene with their mother who seems like such a mysterious figure from what Poppy makes her out to be.

That said, go read Firelight! It is a fantastic story to read with wonderful romantic tension and a delicious fog-filled Victorian London setting with a healthy dose of magic and mystery!
Kristin Callihan can write superbly. Love her contemporaries, and her historical paranormal ENTWINED. Unfortunately, EMBER is not one of her good ones, and serves as a warning rather than enticement to the following series.

The hero is on a long, long, long, long journey to discover a cure for his mysterious malady. During this time he meets person after person, all bent on harming him. He scrambles ineffectually, a victim instead of a hero who can make his own mark on the story.

The heroine is at the mercy of an evil, weak father who uses her, abuses her, and lies to her. She has powers but instead of parleying them to help herself, she harms and then scrambles to help, doing neither effectively. She is also a victim of all the men in her life.

Why read on? I stopped with a major roll of my eyes when the heroine suddenly appears in a sexual dream for the hero, which seems to have nothing to do with their current situation, but merely the author saying to herself, 'Hey, time for some sex to keep readers interested!'

KC should stick to what she does well and drop this lumbering saga.
If you are at all interested in reading Firelight I wouldn't suggest reading Ember first. Even though it is touted as a prequel, Ember reads for the most part like deleted scenes - you know the kind of scenes a good author writes to develop a character's back story, but then religates to the cutting room floor in order to make their finished work stronger. This is especially true for Miranda's part in Ember, her parts just flesh out things that are mentioned in passing for Miranda in Firelight.

While this isn't as much the case for the Archer bits in Ember, there are just too many hints about Archer's condition and his past that would spoil the tantalizing mystery that surrounds him in Firelight. The dream scene between the pair too would also take away from the development of the relationship in Firelight, here it was heavy handed unlike the excellent build up of the sensual tension between them in the full length book. Most of all, the deleted scenes feel of Embers doesn't give the reader a good sense of Callihan's writing in the longer book, and it would be a shame if readers missed reading the excellent Firelight thinking that Ember was a fair representation of what to expect from Callihan.

If you've already read Firelight? Ember is fine. I'll be the first to admit that it was hard to leave Miranda and Archer behind after finishing Firelight, so if you are looking for just a bit more of them (separately) it's worth a look. But really Ember just doesn't 'add' that much more since the power of Firelight was the two of them, Miranda and Archer together, slowly letting their 'masks' slip.